Find

Last update:

May 18, 2026

Description

Finds the first occurrence of a substring in a string, from a specified start position. The search is case sensitive.

Returns

A number; the position of substring in string; or 0, if substring is not in string.

Function syntax

Find(substring, string [, start ])

Parameters

Parameter	Description
substring	The string that you are searching for.
string	The string in which to search for the substring.
start	The position to start searching in the string (starts at 1).

Example

<cfoutput> 

    <cfset stringToSearch = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."> 

    #find("the",stringToSearch)#<br> 

    #find("the",stringToSearch,35)#<br> 

    #find("no such substring",stringToSearch)#<br> 

</cfoutput>

Real-world use cases of the Find function

Log file analysis and error detection

IT operations teams need to monitor server logs, application logs, and error files to identify critical issues, performance bottlenecks, and security threats across enterprise systems. Manual log analysis is time-consuming and error-prone. Critical errors can go undetected for hours or days, leading to system downtime, data loss, and customer impact. Organizations process terabytes of log data daily. Use Find to locate specific error codes, timestamps, IP addresses, and patterns in log files for automated monitoring and alerting.

<cfscript>

    // Sample log entries from different systems

    logEntries = [

        "2024-10-27 10:15:23 INFO: User login successful - IP: 192.168.1.100 - User: john.doe",

        "2024-10-27 10:16:45 ERROR: Database connection failed - Code: DB001 - Timeout: 30s",

        "2024-10-27 10:17:12 WARN: High memory usage detected - 85% utilization - Server: web01",

        "2024-10-27 10:18:33 ERROR: Authentication failed - IP: 203.0.113.1 - Attempts: 3",

        "2024-10-27 10:19:56 INFO: File upload completed - Size: 2.5MB - File: report.pdf",

        "2024-10-27 10:20:15 CRITICAL: Disk space low - 95% used - Drive: C:\\",

        "2024-10-27 10:21:42 ERROR: Payment processing failed - Code: PAY005 - Amount: $299.99"

    ];

</cfscript>

<cfoutput>

    <h2>📊 Log Analysis Results</h2>

    <cfloop array="#logEntries#" index="logEntry">

        <cfscript>

            // Use Find function to detect log patterns

            errorPos = Find("ERROR:", logEntry);

            warnPos = Find("WARN:", logEntry);

            infoPos = Find("INFO:", logEntry);

            criticalPos = Find("CRITICAL:", logEntry);

            // Determine log level and color

            if (criticalPos GT 0) {

                logLevel = "CRITICAL";

                levelColor = "##8B0000";

                priority = "Urgent";

            } else if (errorPos GT 0) {

                logLevel = "ERROR";

                levelColor = "##dc3545";

                priority = "High";

            } else if (warnPos GT 0) {

                logLevel = "WARNING";

                levelColor = "##ffc107";

                priority = "Medium";

            } else if (infoPos GT 0) {

                logLevel = "INFO";

                levelColor = "##17a2b8";

                priority = "Low";

            } else {

                logLevel = "UNKNOWN";

                levelColor = "##6c757d";

                priority = "Low";

            }

            // Extract additional information using Find

            ipPos = Find("IP: ", logEntry);

            codePos = Find("Code: ", logEntry);

            userPos = Find("User: ", logEntry);

            sizePos = Find("Size: ", logEntry);

            // Extract timestamp (first 19 characters)

            timestamp = Left(logEntry, 19);

            // Extract IP address if found

            ipAddress = "";

            if (ipPos GT 0) {

                ipStart = ipPos + 4;

                ipEnd = Find(" ", logEntry, ipStart);

                if (ipEnd EQ 0) ipEnd = Len(logEntry) + 1;

                ipAddress = Mid(logEntry, ipStart, ipEnd - ipStart);

            }

            // Extract error code if found

            errorCode = "";

            if (codePos GT 0) {

                codeStart = codePos + 6;

                codeEnd = Find(" ", logEntry, codeStart);

                if (codeEnd EQ 0) codeEnd = Len(logEntry) + 1;

                errorCode = Mid(logEntry, codeStart, codeEnd - codeStart);

            }

        </cfscript>

        <div style="background: white; padding: 20px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 8px; border-left: 5px solid #levelColor#; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);">

            <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; gap: 20px; align-items: start;">

                <!-- Log Entry Info -->

                <div>

                    <h3 style="margin-top: 0; color: ##333;">Log Entry Analysis</h3>

                    <p><strong>Timestamp:</strong> #timestamp#</p>

                    <p><strong>Level:</strong> <span style="color: #levelColor#; font-weight: bold;">#logLevel#</span></p>

                    <p><strong>Priority:</strong> #priority#</p>

                    <p><strong>Entry Length:</strong> #Len(logEntry)# characters</p>

                </div>

                <!-- Find Function Usage -->

                <div>

                    <h4 style="margin-top: 0;">🔍 Find Results</h4>

                    <div style="background: ##f8f9fa; padding: 10px; border-radius: 3px; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.85em;">

                        <cfif errorPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>ERROR:</strong> position #errorPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif warnPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>WARN:</strong> position #warnPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif criticalPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>CRITICAL:</strong> position #criticalPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif ipPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>IP:</strong> position #ipPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif codePos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>Code:</strong> position #codePos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                    </div>

                </div>

                <!-- Extracted Data -->

                <div>

                    <h4 style="margin-top: 0;">📊 Extracted Information</h4>

                    <cfif Len(ipAddress) GT 0>

                        <p><strong>IP Address:</strong> #ipAddress#</p>

                    </cfif>

                    <cfif Len(errorCode) GT 0>

                        <p><strong>Error Code:</strong> #errorCode#</p>

                    </cfif>

                    <cfif userPos GT 0>

                        <p><strong>Contains User Info:</strong> Yes</p>

                    </cfif>

                    <cfif sizePos GT 0>

                        <p><strong>Contains Size Info:</strong> Yes</p>

                    </cfif>

                </div>

            </div>

            <!-- Full Log Entry -->

            <div style="background: ##f8f9fa; padding: 12px; border-radius: 5px; margin-top: 15px;">

                <h5 style="margin-top: 0;">📝 Full Log Entry:</h5>

                <code style="word-break: break-all;">#logEntry#</code>

            </div>

            <!-- Automated Actions -->

            <div style="background: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); padding: 12px; border-radius: 5px; margin-top: 15px;">

                <strong>🚨 Automated Actions:</strong>

                <cfif logLevel EQ "CRITICAL">

                    <br>• Send immediate alert to on-call engineer

                    <br>• Create high-priority incident ticket

                    <br>• Escalate to management within 15 minutes

                    <br>• Initiate disaster recovery procedures if needed

                <cfelseif logLevel EQ "ERROR">

                    <br>• Create incident ticket and assign to support team

                    <br>• Send notification to system administrators

                    <br>• Log error pattern for trend analysis

                    <br>• Check for related system impacts

                <cfelseif logLevel EQ "WARNING">

                    <br>• Add to monitoring dashboard for trend tracking

                    <br>• Schedule preventive maintenance if pattern detected

                    <br>• Send daily summary report to operations team

                <cfelse>

                    <br>• Archive for compliance and audit purposes

                    <br>• Include in daily operational reports

                    <br>• Track for capacity planning and optimization

                </cfif>

            </div>

        </div>

    </cfloop>

    <h2>📈 Log Analysis Summary</h2>

    <div style="background: ##f8f9fa; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 15px 0;">

        <cfscript>

            // Calculate summary statistics

            totalEntries = ArrayLen(logEntries);

            errorCount = 0;

            warningCount = 0;

            infoCount = 0;

            criticalCount = 0;

            ipAddressCount = 0;

            errorCodeCount = 0;

            for (entry in logEntries) {

                if (Find("ERROR:", entry) GT 0) errorCount++;

                if (Find("WARN:", entry) GT 0) warningCount++;

                if (Find("INFO:", entry) GT 0) infoCount++;

                if (Find("CRITICAL:", entry) GT 0) criticalCount++;

                if (Find("IP: ", entry) GT 0) ipAddressCount++;

                if (Find("Code: ", entry) GT 0) errorCodeCount++;

            }

        </cfscript>

        <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); gap: 20px;">

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##8B0000;">#criticalCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Critical Events</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##dc3545;">#errorCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Error Events</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##ffc107;">#warningCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Warning Events</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##17a2b8;">#infoCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Info Events</p>

            </div>

        </div>

        <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 20px; margin-top: 20px;">

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##6f42c1;">#ipAddressCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Entries with IP Addresses</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##fd7e14;">#errorCodeCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Entries with Error Codes</p>

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</cfoutput>

Content management and SEO optimization

Digital marketing teams manage thousands of web pages, blog articles, and product descriptions requiring SEO optimization, content quality control, and brand consistency. Manual content review is impractical at scale. Inconsistent keywords, missing SEO elements, and brand guideline violations reduce search rankings and traffic. Content teams need automated quality assurance. Use Find to locate keywords, URLs, brand terms, and SEO elements in content for automated analysis and optimization recommendations.

<cfscript>

    // Sample content from various marketing materials

    contentSamples = [

        "Our premium ColdFusion hosting service offers 99.9% uptime guarantee with 24/7 support. Contact us at support@example.com for personalized assistance.",

        "Learn advanced ColdFusion techniques with our comprehensive tutorial series. Visit https://learn.coldfusion.com for free resources and expert guidance.",

        "Enterprise ColdFusion solutions include development, database optimization, and cloud migration services. Special offer: 50% off consultation.",

        "Join thousands of developers who trust our ColdFusion platform for mission-critical applications. Call 1-800-COLDFUSION today!",

        "ColdFusion 2023 features enhanced security, improved performance, and modern API capabilities. Download free trial at https://www.adobe.com/coldfusion"

    ];

</cfscript>

<cfoutput>

    <h2>📊 Content Analysis Results</h2>

    <cfloop array="#contentSamples#" index="content">

        <cfscript>

            // SEO and brand keyword analysis using Find

            cfPos = Find("ColdFusion", content);

            premiumPos = Find("premium", content);

            enterprisePos = Find("Enterprise", content);

            supportPos = Find("support", content);

            freePos = Find("free", content);

            // Contact and engagement elements

            emailPos = Find("@", content);

            phonePos = Find("1-800", content);

            contactPos = Find("Contact", content);

            callPos = Find("Call", content);

            // URLs and links

            httpsPos = Find("https://", content);

            httpPos = Find("http://", content);

            wwwPos = Find("www.", content);

            // Promotional and conversion elements

            offerPos = Find("offer", content);

            discountPos = Find("%", content);

            guaranteePos = Find("guarantee", content);

            trialPos = Find("trial", content);

            // Calculate SEO score based on found elements

            seoScore = 0;

            // Brand and product mentions

            if (cfPos GT 0) seoScore += 15;

            if (premiumPos GT 0) seoScore += 8;

            if (enterprisePos GT 0) seoScore += 10;

            // Contact and engagement

            if (emailPos GT 0) seoScore += 12;

            if (phonePos GT 0) seoScore += 10;

            if (contactPos GT 0 OR callPos GT 0) seoScore += 8;

            // Web presence

            if (httpsPos GT 0 OR httpPos GT 0) seoScore += 15;

            if (wwwPos GT 0) seoScore += 5;

            // Conversion elements

            if (offerPos GT 0) seoScore += 10;

            if (discountPos GT 0) seoScore += 12;

            if (guaranteePos GT 0) seoScore += 8;

            if (trialPos GT 0) seoScore += 10;

            if (freePos GT 0) seoScore += 8;

            // Determine content quality rating

            if (seoScore GTE 50) {

                quality = "Excellent";

                qualityColor = "##28a745";

            } else if (seoScore GTE 35) {

                quality = "Good";

                qualityColor = "##17a2b8";

            } else if (seoScore GTE 20) {

                quality = "Average";

                qualityColor = "##ffc107";

            } else {

                quality = "Needs Improvement";

                qualityColor = "##dc3545";

            }

            // Extract URLs if found

            extractedURL = "";

            if (httpsPos GT 0) {

                urlStart = httpsPos;

                urlEnd = Find(" ", content, urlStart);

                if (urlEnd EQ 0) urlEnd = Len(content) + 1;

                extractedURL = Mid(content, urlStart, urlEnd - urlStart);

            } else if (httpPos GT 0) {

                urlStart = httpPos;

                urlEnd = Find(" ", content, urlStart);

                if (urlEnd EQ 0) urlEnd = Len(content) + 1;

                extractedURL = Mid(content, urlStart, urlEnd - urlStart);

            }

            // Extract email if found

            extractedEmail = "";

            if (emailPos GT 0) {

                emailStart = emailPos;

                // Find start of email (go backwards)

                while (emailStart GT 1 AND Mid(content, emailStart - 1, 1) NEQ " ") {

                    emailStart--;

                }

                // Find end of email (go forwards)

                emailEnd = emailPos;

                while (emailEnd LT Len(content) AND Mid(content, emailEnd + 1, 1) NEQ " ") {

                    emailEnd++;

                }

                extractedEmail = Mid(content, emailStart, emailEnd - emailStart + 1);

            }

        </cfscript>

        <div style="background: white; padding: 20px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 8px; border-left: 5px solid #qualityColor#; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);">

            <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; gap: 20px; align-items: start;">

                <!-- Content Overview -->

                <div>

                    <h3 style="margin-top: 0; color: ##333;">Content Analysis</h3>

                    <p><strong>Content Preview:</strong> "#Left(content, 60)#..."</p>

                    <p><strong>Length:</strong> #Len(content)# characters</p>

                    <p><strong>SEO Score:</strong> #seoScore# points</p>

                    <p><strong>Quality:</strong> <span style="color: #qualityColor#; font-weight: bold;">#quality#</span></p>

                </div>

                <!-- Find Function Results -->

                <div>

                    <h4 style="margin-top: 0;">🔍 Keyword Detection</h4>

                    <div style="background: ##f8f9fa; padding: 10px; border-radius: 3px; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.85em;">

                        <cfif cfPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>ColdFusion:</strong> position #cfPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif premiumPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>Premium:</strong> position #premiumPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif enterprisePos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>Enterprise:</strong> position #enterprisePos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif emailPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>Email (@):</strong> position #emailPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif httpsPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>HTTPS URL:</strong> position #httpsPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                        <cfif offerPos GT 0>

                            <p><strong>Offer:</strong> position #offerPos#</p>

                        </cfif>

                    </div>

                </div>

                <!-- Extracted Elements -->

                <div>

                    <h4 style="margin-top: 0;">📊 Extracted Data</h4>

                    <cfif Len(extractedEmail) GT 0>

                        <p><strong>Email:</strong> #Trim(extractedEmail)#</p>

                    </cfif>

                    <cfif Len(extractedURL) GT 0>

                        <p><strong>URL:</strong> #extractedURL#</p>

                    </cfif>

                    <cfif phonePos GT 0>

                        <p><strong>Phone:</strong> Found toll-free number</p>

                    </cfif>

                    <cfif guaranteePos GT 0>

                        <p><strong>Guarantee:</strong> Customer assurance present</p>

                    </cfif>

                    <cfif freePos GT 0>

                        <p><strong>Free Offer:</strong> Conversion incentive found</p>

                    </cfif>

                </div>

            </div>

            <!-- SEO Analysis Details -->

            <div style="background: ##f8f9fa; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; margin-top: 15px;">

                <h5 style="margin-top: 0;">📈 SEO Element Analysis:</h5>

                <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(250px, 1fr)); gap: 10px;">

                    <!-- Brand Elements -->

                    <div style="background: white; padding: 10px; border-radius: 3px;">

                        <h6 style="margin-top: 0; color: ##17a2b8;">Brand Elements</h6>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">ColdFusion Mention: #cfPos GT 0 ? 'Yes (+15)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">Premium Positioning: #premiumPos GT 0 ? 'Yes (+8)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">Enterprise Focus: #enterprisePos GT 0 ? 'Yes (+10)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                    </div>

                    <!-- Contact Elements -->

                    <div style="background: white; padding: 10px; border-radius: 3px;">

                        <h6 style="margin-top: 0; color: ##28a745;">Contact Elements</h6>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">Email Contact: #emailPos GT 0 ? 'Yes (+12)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">Phone Number: #phonePos GT 0 ? 'Yes (+10)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">Contact CTA: #(contactPos GT 0 OR callPos GT 0) ? 'Yes (+8)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                    </div>

                    <!-- Conversion Elements -->

                    <div style="background: white; padding: 10px; border-radius: 3px;">

                        <h6 style="margin-top: 0; color: ##fd7e14;">Conversion Elements</h6>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">Special Offer: #offerPos GT 0 ? 'Yes (+10)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">Free Elements: #freePos GT 0 ? 'Yes (+8)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                        <p style="margin: 2px 0;">Guarantee: #guaranteePos GT 0 ? 'Yes (+8)' : 'No (0)'#</p>

                    </div>

                </div>

            </div>

            <!-- Content Recommendations -->

            <div style="background: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); padding: 12px; border-radius: 5px; margin-top: 15px;">

                <strong>💡 Content Optimization Recommendations:</strong>

                <cfif quality EQ "Excellent">

                    <br>• Content meets high SEO standards - maintain quality

                    <br>• Consider A/B testing different CTAs for optimization

                    <br>• Monitor conversion rates and adjust messaging

                    <br>• Use as template for similar content pieces

                <cfelseif quality EQ "Good">

                    <br>• Add more conversion-focused elements (offers, guarantees)

                    <br>• Include additional contact methods for better accessibility

                    <br>• Consider adding customer testimonials or social proof

                    <br>• Optimize for specific long-tail keywords

                <cfelseif quality EQ "Average">

                    <br>• Strengthen brand messaging with more keyword mentions

                    <br>• Add clear contact information and calls-to-action

                    <br>• Include value propositions and unique selling points

                    <br>• Consider restructuring for better readability

                <cfelse>

                    <br>• Significant content improvements needed for SEO performance

                    <br>• Add brand keywords, contact information, and CTAs

                    <br>• Include compelling offers and conversion incentives

                    <br>• Consider complete content rewrite with SEO focus

                </cfif>

            </div>

        </div>

    </cfloop>

    <h2>📈 Content Performance Dashboard</h2>

    <div style="background: ##f8f9fa; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 15px 0;">

        <cfscript>

            // Calculate overall content performance metrics

            totalContent = ArrayLen(contentSamples);

            excellentCount = 0;

            goodCount = 0;

            averageCount = 0;

            needsImprovementCount = 0;

            totalSEOScore = 0;

            hasEmail = 0;

            hasURL = 0;

            hasBrand = 0;

            hasOffer = 0;

            for (content in contentSamples) {

                // Calculate individual scores and categorize

                local.score = 0;

                if (Find("ColdFusion", content) GT 0) {

                    local.score += 15;

                    hasBrand++;

                }

                if (Find("premium", content) GT 0) local.score += 8;

                if (Find("Enterprise", content) GT 0) local.score += 10;

                if (Find("@", content) GT 0) {

                    local.score += 12;

                    hasEmail++;

                }

                if (Find("1-800", content) GT 0) local.score += 10;

                if (Find("Contact", content) GT 0 OR Find("Call", content) GT 0) local.score += 8;

                if (Find("https://", content) GT 0 OR Find("http://", content) GT 0) {

                    local.score += 15;

                    hasURL++;

                }

                if (Find("www.", content) GT 0) local.score += 5;

                if (Find("offer", content) GT 0) {

                    local.score += 10;

                    hasOffer++;

                }

                if (Find("%", content) GT 0) local.score += 12;

                if (Find("guarantee", content) GT 0) local.score += 8;

                if (Find("trial", content) GT 0) local.score += 10;

                if (Find("free", content) GT 0) local.score += 8;

                totalSEOScore += local.score;

                // Categorize content quality

                if (local.score GTE 50) excellentCount++;

                else if (local.score GTE 35) goodCount++;

                else if (local.score GTE 20) averageCount++;

                else needsImprovementCount++;

            }

            averageSEOScore = totalSEOScore / totalContent;

        </cfscript>

        <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); gap: 20px;">

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##28a745;">#excellentCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Excellent Content</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##17a2b8;">#goodCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Good Content</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##ffc107;">#averageCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Average Content</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##dc3545;">#needsImprovementCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Needs Improvement</p>

            </div>

        </div>

        <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(180px, 1fr)); gap: 20px; margin-top: 20px;">

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##6f42c1;">#NumberFormat(averageSEOScore, "0.0")#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Average SEO Score</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##fd7e14;">#hasBrand#/#totalContent#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Brand Mentions</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##28a745;">#hasEmail#/#totalContent#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Contact Information</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##17a2b8;">#hasURL#/#totalContent#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Web Links</p>

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</cfoutput>

Data validation and format verification

Financial services, healthcare, and e-commerce organizations process millions of customer records requiring strict data format validation and compliance verification. Invalid data formats lead to processing errors, compliance violations, and customer service issues. Manual validation is impossible at scale. Data quality directly impacts business operations and regulatory compliance. Use Find to validate email formats, phone numbers, account IDs, and other critical data patterns for automated quality assurance.

<cfscript>

    // Sample customer data requiring validation

    customerData = [

        {"type": "Email", "value": "john.doe@company.com", "required": true},

        {"type": "Email", "value": "jane.smith@invalid-domain", "required": true},

        {"type": "Phone", "value": "555-123-4567", "required": true},

        {"type": "Phone", "value": "1-800-SUPPORT", "required": false},

        {"type": "Account ID", "value": "ACC-2024-001234", "required": true},

        {"type": "Reference", "value": "REF##INV-2024-5678", "required": true},

        {"type": "SSN", "value": "123-45-6789", "required": true},

        {"type": "Credit Card", "value": "4532-1234-5678-9012", "required": false}

    ];

</cfscript>

<cfoutput>

    <h2>📊 Data Validation Results</h2>

    <cfloop array="#customerData#" index="dataItem">

        <cfscript>

            // Validate different data types using Find function

            dataValue = dataItem.value;

            dataType = dataItem.type;

            isValid = false;

            validationMessages = [];

            errorMessages = [];

            // Email validation

            if (dataType EQ "Email") {

                atPos = Find("@", dataValue);

                dotPos = Find(".", dataValue);

                if (atPos GT 1 AND dotPos GT atPos AND dotPos LT Len(dataValue)) {

                    isValid = true;

                    ArrayAppend(validationMessages, "Valid email structure detected");

                    // Check for common invalid patterns

                    if (Find("invalid", dataValue) GT 0) {

                        isValid = false;

                        ArrayAppend(errorMessages, "Domain contains 'invalid' keyword");

                    }

                } else {

                    ArrayAppend(errorMessages, "Missing required @ symbol or domain extension");

                }

            }

            // Phone number validation

            else if (dataType EQ "Phone") {

                dashPos = Find("-", dataValue);

                digitCount = 0;

                // Count digits

                for (i = 1; i LTE Len(dataValue); i++) {

                    if (IsNumeric(Mid(dataValue, i, 1))) {

                        digitCount++;

                    }

                }

                if (dashPos GT 0 AND digitCount GTE 10) {

                    if (Find("555-", dataValue) GT 0 AND digitCount EQ 10) {

                        isValid = true;

                        ArrayAppend(validationMessages, "Valid US phone number format");

                    } else if (Find("1-800", dataValue) GT 0) {

                        isValid = true;

                        ArrayAppend(validationMessages, "Valid toll-free number");

                    } else {

                        ArrayAppend(errorMessages, "Unrecognized phone format");

                    }

                } else {

                    ArrayAppend(errorMessages, "Missing hyphens or insufficient digits");

                }

            }

            // Account ID validation

            else if (dataType EQ "Account ID") {

                accPos = Find("ACC-", dataValue);

                if (accPos EQ 1 AND Len(dataValue) GTE 10) {

                    isValid = true;

                    ArrayAppend(validationMessages, "Valid account ID format");

                } else {

                    ArrayAppend(errorMessages, "Must start with ACC- and be at least 10 characters");

                }

            }

            // Reference ID validation

            else if (dataType EQ "Reference") {

                refPos = Find("REF", dataValue);

                hashPos = Find("##", dataValue);

                if (refPos EQ 1 AND hashPos EQ 4) {

                    isValid = true;

                    ArrayAppend(validationMessages, "Valid reference ID format");

                } else {

                    ArrayAppend(errorMessages, "Must start with REF## pattern");

                }

            }

            // SSN validation

            else if (dataType EQ "SSN") {

                firstDash = Find("-", dataValue);

                secondDash = Find("-", dataValue, firstDash + 1);

                if (firstDash EQ 4 AND secondDash EQ 7 AND Len(dataValue) EQ 11) {

                    isValid = true;

                    ArrayAppend(validationMessages, "Valid SSN format (XXX-XX-XXXX)");

                } else {

                    ArrayAppend(errorMessages, "Must follow XXX-XX-XXXX format");

                }

            }

            // Credit Card validation

            else if (dataType EQ "Credit Card") {

                dashCount = 0;

                dashPos = 1;

                while (dashPos GT 0) {

                    dashPos = Find("-", dataValue, dashPos + 1);

                    if (dashPos GT 0) dashCount++;

                }

                if (dashCount EQ 3 AND Len(dataValue) EQ 19) {

                    isValid = true;

                    ArrayAppend(validationMessages, "Valid credit card format (XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX)");

                } else {

                    ArrayAppend(errorMessages, "Must follow XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX format");

                }

            }

            // Determine validation status color

            statusColor = isValid ? "##28a745" : "##dc3545";

            typeColor = "##17a2b8";

        </cfscript>

        <div style="background: white; padding: 20px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 8px; border-left: 5px solid #statusColor#; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);">

            <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; gap: 20px; align-items: start;">

                <!-- Data Item Info -->

                <div>

                    <h3 style="margin-top: 0; color: ##333;">Data Validation</h3>

                    <p><strong>Type:</strong> <span style="color: #typeColor#; font-weight: bold;">#dataType#</span></p>

                    <p><strong>Value:</strong> #dataValue#</p>

                    <p><strong>Required:</strong> #dataItem.required ? 'Yes' : 'No'#</p>

                    <p><strong>Status:</strong> <span style="color: #statusColor#; font-weight: bold;">#isValid ? 'Valid' : 'Invalid'#</span></p>

                </div>

                <!-- Find Function Analysis -->

                <div>

                    <h4 style="margin-top: 0;">🔍 Pattern Detection</h4>

                    <div style="background: ##f8f9fa; padding: 10px; border-radius: 3px; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.85em;">

                        <cfif dataType EQ "Email">

                            <p><strong>@ symbol:</strong> position #Find("@", dataValue)#</p>

                            <p><strong>. symbol:</strong> position #Find(".", dataValue)#</p>

                        <cfelseif dataType EQ "Phone">

                            <p><strong>- symbol:</strong> position #Find("-", dataValue)#</p> 

                            <cfif Find("1-800", dataValue) GT 0>

                                <p><strong>1-800:</strong> position #Find("1-800", dataValue)#</p>

                            </cfif>

                        <cfelseif dataType EQ "Account ID">

                            <p><strong>ACC- prefix:</strong> position #Find("ACC-", dataValue)#</p>

                        <cfelseif dataType EQ "Reference">

                            <p><strong>REF prefix:</strong> position #Find("REF", dataValue)#</p>

                            <p><strong>## symbol:</strong> position #Find("##", dataValue)#</p>

                        <cfelseif dataType EQ "SSN">

                            <p><strong>First -:</strong> position #Find("-", dataValue)#</p>

                            <p><strong>Second -:</strong> position #Find("-", dataValue, 5)#</p>

                        <cfelseif dataType EQ "Credit Card">

                            <p><strong>Dash count:</strong> #Len(dataValue) - Len(Replace(dataValue, "-", "", "ALL"))#</p>

                        </cfif>

                    </div>

                </div>

                <!-- Validation Results -->

                <div>

                    <h4 style="margin-top: 0;">✅ Validation Details</h4>

                    <cfif ArrayLen(validationMessages) GT 0>

                        <div style="color: ##28a745;">

                            <cfloop array="#validationMessages#" index="message">

                                <p style="margin: 2px 0; font-size: 0.9em;">✓ #message#</p>

                            </cfloop>

                        </div>

                    </cfif>

                    <cfif ArrayLen(errorMessages) GT 0>

                        <div style="color: ##dc3545;">

                            <cfloop array="#errorMessages#" index="error">

                                <p style="margin: 2px 0; font-size: 0.9em;">✗ #error#</p>

                            </cfloop>

                        </div>

                    </cfif>

                </div>

            </div>

            <!-- Compliance and Security Notes -->

            <cfif dataType EQ "SSN" OR dataType EQ "Credit Card">

                <div style="background: ##fff3cd; padding: 12px; border-radius: 5px; margin-top: 15px;">

                    <h6 style="margin-top: 0;">🔒 Security & Compliance Notes:</h6>

                    <cfif dataType EQ "SSN">

                        <p>• SSN data requires PII protection and GDPR compliance</p>

                        <p>• Encrypt during storage and transmission</p>

                        <p>• Log all access for audit purposes</p>

                    <cfelseif dataType EQ "Credit Card">

                        <p>• Credit card data requires PCI DSS compliance</p>

                        <p>• Never store full card numbers in plain text</p>

                        <p>• Use tokenization for payment processing</p>

                    </cfif>

                </div>

            </cfif>

        </div>

    </cfloop>

    <h2>📈 Data Quality Dashboard</h2>

    <div style="background: ##f8f9fa; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 15px 0;">

        <cfscript>

            // Calculate validation statistics

            totalRecords = ArrayLen(customerData);

            validRecords = 0;

            invalidRecords = 0;

            requiredRecords = 0;

            validRequiredRecords = 0;

            emailCount = 0;

            phoneCount = 0;

            accountCount = 0;

            piiCount = 0;

            for (dataItem in customerData) {

                // Re-validate for statistics

                local.isValid = false;

                dataValue = dataItem.value;

                dataType = dataItem.type;

                if (dataType EQ "Email") {

                    emailCount++;

                    local.atPos = Find("@", dataValue);

                    local.dotPos = Find(".", dataValue);

                    if (local.atPos GT 1 AND local.dotPos GT local.atPos AND Find("invalid", dataValue) EQ 0) {

                        local.isValid = true;

                    }

                } else if (dataType EQ "Phone") {

                    phoneCount++;

                    if (Find("-", dataValue) GT 0 AND (Find("555-", dataValue) GT 0 OR Find("1-800", dataValue) GT 0)) {

                        local.isValid = true;

                    }

                } else if (dataType EQ "Account ID") {

                    accountCount++;

                    if (Find("ACC-", dataValue) EQ 1) {

                        local.isValid = true;

                    }

                } else if (dataType EQ "Reference") {

                    if (Find("REF", dataValue) EQ 1 AND Find("##", dataValue) EQ 4) {

                        local.isValid = true;

                    }

                } else if (dataType EQ "SSN" OR dataType EQ "Credit Card") {

                    piiCount++;

                    if (dataType EQ "SSN" AND Find("-", dataValue) EQ 4) {

                        local.isValid = true;

                    } else if (dataType EQ "Credit Card" AND Len(dataValue) EQ 19) {

                        local.isValid = true;

                    }

                }

                if (local.isValid) validRecords++;

                else invalidRecords++;

                if (dataItem.required) {

                    requiredRecords++;

                    if (local.isValid) validRequiredRecords++;

                }

            }

            validationRate = (validRecords / totalRecords) * 100;

            requiredValidationRate = requiredRecords GT 0 ? (validRequiredRecords / requiredRecords) * 100 : 0;

        </cfscript>

        <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); gap: 20px;">

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##28a745;">#validRecords#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Valid Records</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##dc3545;">#invalidRecords#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Invalid Records</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##17a2b8;">#NumberFormat(validationRate, "0.0")#%</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Overall Validation Rate</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##fd7e14;">#NumberFormat(requiredValidationRate, "0.0")#%</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Required Fields Valid</p>

            </div>

        </div>

        <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(150px, 1fr)); gap: 20px; margin-top: 20px;">

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##6f42c1;">#emailCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Email Addresses</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##28a745;">#phoneCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Phone Numbers</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##17a2b8;">#accountCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">Account IDs</p>

            </div>

            <div style="background: white; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; text-align: center;">

                <h3 style="margin: 0; color: ##dc3545;">#piiCount#</h3>

                <p style="margin: 5px 0 0 0;">PII Records</p>

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</cfoutput>

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